1.We didn't go shopping yesterday because it ___ all day.
   A.raining
   B.would rain
   C.was raining
   D.had rained
2.Jane ___ some washing this time yesterday.
   A.is doing
   B.had done
   C.was doing
   D.did
3.He ___ his lessons from seven to nine last night.
   A.did
   B.had done
   C.was doing
   D.has been doing
4.She ___ the piano when I went to see her yesterday evening.
   A.played
   B.has played
   C.was playing
   D.is playing
5.While he ___ a letter,the telephone ___.
   A.is writing;is ringing
   B.has written;has rung
   C.wrote;rang
   D.was writing;rang
6.The wounded soldier ___  in the snow for hours.
   A.lie on his back
   B.has lied on his back
   C.has been laying on his back
   D.has been lying on his back
7.I'm glad to see that you ___  a lot of progress since I ___ 
   you last.
   A.will make;have met
   B.have been making;met
   C.had made;met
   D.have made;meeting
8.By the end of this century,we ___ ours into a strong modern
   country.
   A.shall build
   B.are going to build
   C.will be building
   D.will have built
9.My White, who I ___ to the south of France, still lives in London.
   A.think to have moved
   B.think had moved
   C.thought have moved
    D.thought had moved
10.___ the time he was fourteen years old, he ___ advanced
   mathematics all by himself.
   A.At;learned
   B.On;had learned
   C.During;would learn
   D.By;had learned
11.If the doctor had not seen the baby in time, it ___ still in
   hospital.
   A.is
   B.was
   C.would be
   D.had been
12.He said he ___ free the next week.
   A.will be
   B.would be
   C.was
   D.had been
13.Did you ask the teacher what ___ this afternoon?
   A.will we do
   B.shall we do
   C.we would do
   D.would we do
14.Joan asked ate if she ___  the next day.
   A.left
   B.had left
   C.is going to leave
   D.was going to leave
15.I ___ to help you but couldn't get here in time.
   A.want
   B.had wanted
   C.have wanted
   D.was wanting
16.Mrs Wu told me that her sister ___.
   A.left about two hours before
   B.would leave about two hours before
   C.has left about two hours ago
   D.had left about two hours before
17.When the firemen arrived the fire ___ put out.
   A.has
   B.had
   C.was
   D.had been
18.It seems that the old man ___  something important.
   A.has lost
   B.had lost
   C.lost
   D.would lose
19.She ___ in this school ___ the past ten years.
   A.was teaching;since
   B.had been teaching;since
   C.would teach;for
   D.has been teaching;for
20.When I got there,the meeting ___ for ten minutes.
    A.has been on
    B.had begun
    C.had been on
    D.has begun


